About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
Murder on the Books by T.C. LoTempio
I'm going to kick off my review of T.C. LoTempio's Murder on the Books by quoting an author, Kim Hays. "The plot sounds quintessentially cozy: heroine’s return to hometown, meet-up with childhood friend, decision opening a shop. Cue cat and descriptions of baked...
Dinner and a Book
Let's start with dinner before the book. Sunday night is dinner at my brother-in-law's. Last night, Kevin cooked for seven of us. The more people he can feed, the happier he is. Last night, he made my favorite, Shepherd's pie. He also made the Irish soda bread that...
Favorite Books, January through June 2025
I'm running a little late this year because I forgot about this. Years ago, Jen Forbus asked me to list my favorite books in the first half of the year. And, I always say that just because I pick books in July, it doesn't mean they'll be on my list at the end of...